132. Examinationinchief, etc.__ (1) The examination of a witness by the party who calls him
shall be called his examinationinchief.
(2) The examination of a witness by the adverse party shall be called his cross examination.
(3) The examination of a witness, subsequent to the crossexamination by the party who called
him, shall be called his reexamination.
133. Order of examinations.__ (1) Witnesses shall be first examinedinchief, then (if the
adverse party so desires) crossexamined, then (if the party calling him so desires) re examined.
(2) The examination and crossexamination must relate to relevant facts but the cross
examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examinationin
chief.
(3) The reexamination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross
examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re examination, the
adverse party may further crossexamine that matter.
134. Crossexamination of person called to produce a document. A person summoned to
produce a document does not become a witness by the mere fact that he produces it and cannot be
crossexamined unless and until he is called as a witness.
135. Witnesses to character. Witnesses to character may be crossexamined and re examined.
136. Leading questions. Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes
or expects to receive is called a leading question.
137. When leading questions must not be asked.__ (1) Leading questions must not, if objected
to by the adverse party, be asked in an examinationinchief, or in a re examination, except with the
permission of the Court.
(2) The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed,
or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved.
138. When leading questions may be asked. Leading questions may be asked in cross
examination.
139. Evidence as to matters in writing. Any witness may be asked, whilst under examination,
whether any contract, grant or other disposition of property, as to which he is giving evidence, was
not contained in a document, and if he says that it was, or if he is about to make any statement as to
the contents of any document, which, in the opinion of the Court, ought to be produced, the adverse
party may object to such evidence being given until such document is produced, or until facts have
been proved which entitle the party who called the witness to give secondary evidence of it.
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